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Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2023

Introduced: December 12, 2023 Introduced by: Smith, Christopher H. Republican · New Jersey See on congress.gov
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 26, 2024
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Feb 13, 2024
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Feb 13, 2024
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 414 - 11 (Roll no. 41). (text: CR H565-567)
Feb 13, 2024
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5856.
Feb 13, 2024
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H565-571)
Feb 13, 2024
Mr. Smith (NJ) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Nov 7, 2023
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 44 - 0.
Nov 7, 2023
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Sep 29, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 29, 2023
Introduced in House
 Votes taken on this bill 1
DateChamberWhat was voted onResultYes–No
Feb 13, 2024 House · vote #41 On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended Passed 414–11 See who voted →
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2023

This bill reauthorizes and updates various international antitrafficking activities and foreign assistance programs; requires counter-trafficking strategies, activities, and efforts to be further integrated into projects supported by U.S. foreign assistance; and requires the annual Trafficking in Persons Report to include information about the trafficking in persons for the purposes of organ removal.

What's happening now February 26, 2024

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

 Bill text 3 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 22
All 22 Democratic 7 Republican 10
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LaLota, Nick
New York · Feb 13, 2024
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 13, 2024
Porter, Katie
· Feb 13, 2024
 R
Valadao, David G.
California · Feb 9, 2024
 D
Blunt Rochester, Lisa
Delaware · Jan 11, 2024
Jackson, Jeff
· Dec 14, 2023
 D
Crow, Jason
Colorado · Dec 12, 2023
 D
Harder, Josh
California · Dec 6, 2023
 D
Slotkin, Elissa
Michigan · Dec 6, 2023
 R
Bacon, Don
Nebraska · Nov 15, 2023
 R
Mills, Cory
Florida · Nov 9, 2023
 R
Lawler, Michael
New York · Nov 6, 2023
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Davis, Donald G.
North Carolina · Oct 6, 2023
Burgess, Michael
· Sep 29, 2023
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Cuellar, Henry
Texas · Sep 29, 2023
Manning, Kathy
· Sep 29, 2023
 R
McCaul, Michael T.
Texas · Sep 29, 2023
 R
Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman
American Samoa · Sep 29, 2023
 R
Salazar, Maria Elvira
Florida · Sep 29, 2023
 R
Wagner, Ann
Missouri · Sep 29, 2023
Wild, Susan
· Sep 29, 2023
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Sep 29, 2023
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5856: Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-5856/
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"H.R. 5856: Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-5856/.
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H.R. 5856, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-5856/.
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